What influence does lived experience, the passage of time and technology exert on the choices we make? This reflection takes me to some uncomfortable places.

Reflections on my experience being self-employed. Pt 4: The long legs of advice, maintaing personal relationships and realizing it is a team effort.

Reflections on my experience being self-employed. Pt 3: How a lack of clarity about my business manifested into a wasteful and exhausting approach online.

Reflections on my experience being self-employed. Pt 2 Hidden costs, what to spend money on and when to take the wait-and-see approach.

Reflections on my experience being self-employed. Pt 1: Learning the difference between what you do, how you do it and the evolution of both.

Reflecting on 4 building blocks of opportunity on the way to leadership.

I’m supposed to be the one teaching, yet I’m the one who keeps learning. (3 min read)

What connects The Shining, a wheelbarrow and a Russian folk dance? A comedy of errors while recovering from surgery. (6 min read)

How small businesses can pursue diversity and inclusion on a tight budget.

Originally published October 2019 in Business London Magazine. (3.5 min read)

We need to make the most of our professional social presence but beware the vortex. It can trap you into wasting time & effort with a side of anxiety-inducing thought spirals. (3.5 min read)

Guy Kawasaki was looking for help. I took a chance, said yes and almost blew it. The lessons for this soon-to-be author were extraordinary. (4 min read)

Leadership means one day, looking around the room, waiting for someone - anyone, to do something, and realizing you are that someone. (6 min read)

I haven’t met a bad process I haven’t ignored…learn how I replaced the outdated 8-page performance management process review with just 2 questions. (4.5 min read)

The inaugural Diversity Matters article. Originally published in Business London Magazine, July 2018 (3.5 min read)

I made things more difficult for myself by trying to ‘go it alone’, to prove that I deserved that seat at the table. Don’t do what I did. (5 min read)

Don’t underestimate the impact the death of a colleague has on our life. Originally published at Thrive Global.com (3 min read)